Puerco Pueblo

Puerco Pueblo

Petrified Forest National Park, AZ

Reviewed October 30th, 2005

Prior to 1400, Puerco Plaza was a bustling Native American community on the banks of the Puerco River in what is now Petrified Forest National Park. Today there are the ruins of dozens of buildings (basicly foundations and pits, but interesting nonetheless) and numerous petroglyphs cover the rocks nearby. The remote restroom which has been erected on the site is a tasteful tribute to the architecture of the period while still using modern materials and offering sufficient amenities for most visitors. Petroglyph etched plexiglas was mounted on the doors, leaving me to wonder just what kind of amazing artifacts the Native Americans would have made if they had state-of-the-art plastics and precision laser engraving facilities. The insides were fairly dismal. I was surprised to find a biohazard waste container for needles, a luxury usually only found in lusher public facilities. An 8.5" x 11" sign mounted advertises that wilderness camping is available in the park, for those who wish to pitch their tent near tremendous logs which have transformed into stone over hundreds of millions years, and then bury their poop next to it.

RESTROOM RATING: 5
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